Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels, collectively known as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). Rodriguez directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television series adaptation(2014–2016). He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. He is also the creator of the Spy Kids franchise, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), Planet Terror (2007), Machete (2010), We Can Be Heroes (2020), and directed The Faculty (1998) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019). Rodriguez is a close friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, of which Rodriguez was a member. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 20, 1968 (58)
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer, actor and composer
- 49 on MovieCove · 80 credits in all
What are Robert Rodriguez's films like?
Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 5 · Wry 6 · Earnest 24
Light 22 · Serious 9 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 17
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 13 · Intense 20
Steady 12 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 12
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 5
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 13
Casual 13 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 24 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 4
Resolved 34 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet14
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Robert Rodriguez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (18).
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) · composer · free
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) · thanks · free
- Sin City (2005) · director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) · actor, director, producer, editor · free
- The Faculty (1998) · director, producer, editor · free
- Four Rooms (1995) · director, writer, editor · free
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) · actor, director, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Mimic (1997) · second unit director · free
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) · director, writer, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Machete Kills (2013) · director, writer, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Red 11 (2019) · director, writer, cinematographer, editor · free
- +6 more
- Django Unchained (2012) · thanks · free
- The Director's Chair (2014) · actor, director, writer, producer, editor · free
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) · actor, director, producer, editor · free
- Desperado (1995) · director, writer, producer, editor · free
- The Faculty (1998) · director, producer, editor · free
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) · actor, director, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) · director, writer, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010) · producer · free
- Red 11 (2019) · director, writer, cinematographer, editor · free
- Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011) · director, writer, producer, composer, cinematographer · free
- Bullfighter (2000) · actor · free
- Desperado (1995) · director, writer, producer, editor
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) · actor, director, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) · director, writer, producer, composer, cinematographer, editor
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Hypnotic (2023) · director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor
- Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010) · producer
- Red 11 (2019) · director, writer, cinematographer, editor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Robert Rodriguez's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
80 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Thanksgiving(2023)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Spy Kids: Armageddon(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Hypnotic(2023)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Book of Boba Fett(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Hood River(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
We Can Be Heroes(2020)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Cirque du Soleil: R.U.N (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Mandalorian(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
UglyDolls(2019)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Red 11(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Alita: Battle Angel(2019)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Also Starring Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Lucha Underground(2014)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Matador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Director's Chair(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
El Mariachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Bullet(2014)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Machete Kills(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Amelia's 25th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Two Scoops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Django Unchained(2012)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The United Monster Talent Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Machete(2010)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Predators(2010)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Shorts(2009)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Death Proof(2007)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Grindhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Planet Terror(2007)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
High Hopes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Curandero(2005)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Sin City(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsDel Castillo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
How to Make Cool Home Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Best Week Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Inside Troublemaker Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Spy Kids 3: Game Over(2003)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
George Lopez(2002)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
El cuerno del diablo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Spy Kids(2001)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Bullfighter(2000)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Lisa Picard Is Famous(2000)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Faculty(1998)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Mimic(1997)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Four Rooms(1995)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Desperado(1995)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Roadracers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Rebel Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
El Mariachi(1992)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Pretty Good Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Bedhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Fire and Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Incógnito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Machete Kills Again... in Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Faculty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Naughty List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled We Can Be Heroes Sequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 78 titles, 71 of them dated from 1991 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Highest rated
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004)
Most popular right now
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Film career
- 2005Screen debut· The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
By role
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Robert Rodriguez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th16
Shape of the crowd
19 of their 49 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved8
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed19
Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Robert Rodriguez's work okay for kids?
Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Robert Rodriguez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Rodriguez's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Elizabeth Avellan shares the most, 21.
Directors
- Quentin TarantinoShared titles: The Director's Chair (2014), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995), Four Rooms (1995)See all 10 shared titles with Quentin Tarantino
- Frank MillerShared titles: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Sin City (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Miller
Writers
- Racer RodriguezShared titles: Hypnotic (2023), Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023), We Can Be Heroes (2020), Red 11 (2019), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Racer Rodriguez
- Álvaro RodríguezShared titles: Machete (2010), Shorts (2009), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), El Mariachi (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Álvaro Rodríguez
- Marcel RodriguezShared titles: Machete Kills (2013), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Marcel Rodriguez
Actors
- Danny TrejoShared titles: Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (2022), Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019), Machete Kills (2013), Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete (2010), Predators (2010), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995)See all 12 shared titles with Danny Trejo
- Cheech MarinShared titles: Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019), Machete (2010), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995)See all 6 shared titles with Cheech Marin
- Antonio BanderasShared titles: Machete Kills (2013), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids (2001), Desperado (1995), Four Rooms (1995)See all 6 shared titles with Antonio Banderas
- Bruce WillisShared titles: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Planet Terror (2007), Sin City (2005), Four Rooms (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Bruce Willis
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- John DebneyShared titles: Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023), Predators (2010), Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids (2001)See all 6 shared titles with John Debney
- Sally MenkeShared titles: Death Proof (2007), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Four Rooms (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Sally Menke
- Guillermo NavarroShared titles: Spy Kids (2001), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995), Four Rooms (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Guillermo Navarro
- Graeme RevellShared titles: Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Graeme Revell
Producers
- Elizabeth AvellanShared titles: Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023), Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete (2010), Predators (2010), Shorts (2009), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Curandero (2005), Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and 9 moreSee newest 12 of 21 shared titles with Elizabeth Avellan
- Bob WeinsteinShared titles: Spy Kids: Mission Critical (2018), Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Curandero (2005), Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids (2001), The Faculty (1998)See all 12 shared titles with Bob Weinstein
- Bill ScottShared titles: Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Predators (2010), Shorts (2009), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids (2001), The Faculty (1998)See all 11 shared titles with Bill Scott
- Harvey WeinsteinShared titles: Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Curandero (2005), Sin City (2005), The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids (2001), The Faculty (1998)See all 11 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein
Mixed roles
- Bryce Dallas HowardShared titles: Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (2022), The Book of Boba Fett (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Bryce Dallas Howard
- Dave FiloniShared titles: The Book of Boba Fett (2021), The Chef Show (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Filoni
- George LucasShared titles: The Book of Boba Fett (2021), Side by Side (2012)See all 2 shared titles with George Lucas
- Patrick OsborneShared titles: Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (2021), The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Osborne
